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JOHN HUGHES, OF NEWARKf'NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 74,691, elated February 18, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-PADS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONOERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN HUGHES, of Newark, in the 'county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Harness-Pad; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. i

'11o the edges of an iron frame, A, made the width of thelpad-top, I secure strips, B B, ot' leather, or something equivalent, for the purpose of 4nailing or by other process of fastening the bottom, C, of the pad to the frame. These strips are let into the frame, (see'Figures 3 and 4,) or they may not be, as shall be preferred..

The frame also receives the adjustable nut D, m'adeto move in the slots E E, into which nut the terret is screwed. In the frame are also the holes V, for fastening iu the tufts.

To the lower end of the frame is fastened a piece, I", of leather or other flexible material, forming a part of the fraine for the pad, which, being ilexible, accommodatesitself` to the sides of the horse. In the upper end of this piece is a nut, G, which may also be made adjustable, to receive a. screw for holding the padtogethcr.

The frame, at the centre, has a socketor,recess from the bottom, to receive a nut, II,- for the hool: I, thus bringing the nut smooth with the lower surface of the frame, (see Figure 2.) The hook, when screwedl in its place, is prevented from turning or getting loose by means of the braces K K, or oth-er similar devices, which are placed in a recess, T, in the frame. In fig. 2 but one-brace is seen, on the left. The right shows one edge of the strip B. vThe upper end of the brace, being rounded off on the lower side, allows it'to be put in ortaken out by raising the lower end. It rests under the croup-loop L, on which-the book rests when in its position.` The upper end of the brace turns up inside of a slot, M, in the croup-loop, and cornes against the square side of the shank of the hook, and keeps it from'turning.

The binding, N, of the pad is stitched on to the bottom, C, at O, (see figs. 3 'and 4,) before the pad is put together. There is a, forni, P, over which the binding is folded, better shown in iig. 4, where the section is enlarged for the clearer illustration of the parts. l

The edges of the bottom, C, are turned over on to the strips B B, and, with the lower edge of the form, are secured to the strips, it may be, by stitching, but ordinarily by nails or tacks S, which, passing through the strip, are clinched on the under side, by comingin contact with the frame. R is the upper strap of the pad, lying between the binding on either side, called the padtop.

This ad is a reat savinv of stock and time and, conse uentl of ex ense, and is ver sim )le of construe-` P g a 2 1v t tion, so that ordinary workmen can put itl together. In the old styles, such is the perplexity that but few can make them.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

1. In combination with the iron frame A, the socket for the nut II, the strips B I3, and iexible piece F, constructed as herein described, and for the purposespecitied.

2. The braees'K K, or their equivalents, for the purpose specified. i

3. The binding N, stitched tothe bottom, C, before it is put to the frame A, and the form P in the binding, and the mode of securing the bottom and form to the frame.

4. The frame A, with the slots E E and grooves forthe strips B B, and holes V V, in the manner and for the purposes specied.

JOHN HUGHES.

Witnesses:

Homes HARRIS, JOHN N. Mannen. 

